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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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